This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Skeletal System – Quiz 288 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 288 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. When a vertebrae does not fully close around the spinal cord to protect it that condition is called ..... A) Lumbago. B) Rheumatoid arthritis. C) Spina Bifida. D) Ankylosing spondylitis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spina Bifida. 2. What does bones do for you A) Make blood. B) Protect. C) Make your leg move. D) Protectt. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Protect. 3. What type of bone is the mandible? A) Long bone. B) Flat bone. C) Sesamoid. D) Irregular bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Irregular bone. 4. Are all joins movable? A) No, the joints between some skulls called sutures are fixed. B) No, the joints between some skulls called sutures are made of cartilage. C) No, the joints between some skulls called sutures are loose. D) Yes, all joins are movable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No, the joints between some skulls called sutures are fixed. 5. Animals that have backbones are called A) Vertebrates. B) Invertebrates. C) Amphibians. D) Reptiles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vertebrates. 6. Bone cells differentiate from stem cells in the periosteum and endosteum called: A) Osteogenic Stem Cells. B) Osteomatic Stem Cells. C) Osteomatric Stem Cells. D) Osteoetso Stem Cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Osteogenic Stem Cells. 7. Two or more bones meet and movement occurs A) Ligament. B) Cartilage. C) Joints. D) Tendon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Joints. 8. What is the difference between compact bone and spongy bone? A) They are made of different materials. B) They have different bone marrow. C) They have a different layout of bone cells. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They have a different layout of bone cells. 9. Process of breaking down food mechanically and chemically A) Deteriorate. B) Digestion. C) Involuntary. D) Elastic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Digestion. 10. What is the definition of a fracture? A) A complete or incomplete break in a bone. B) The stretching and/or damaging of a ligament. C) The stretching and/or damaging of a tendon. D) A joint injury where bones are not in their normal position. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A complete or incomplete break in a bone. 11. Bones that are flat and have a thin layer of compact bone around a layer of spongy bone such as the skull bones, sternum and ribs are classified as ..... bones. A) Vertebral. B) Flat. C) Irregular. D) Long. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Flat. 12. Connects bones to other bones A) Ligaments. B) Cartilage. C) Tendon. D) Muscle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ligaments. 13. The upper arm is made up of a single bone which is called A) Humerus. B) Femur. C) Spinal Chord. D) Vertebrae. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Humerus. 14. What connective tissue holds the bones together at the joints? A) Tendons. B) Adipose. C) Cartilage. D) Ligaments. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ligaments. 15. Forms the extremities and is composed of the shoulder girdle, arm bones, pelvic girdle, and leg bones A) Axial skeleton. B) Medullary skeleton. C) Appendicular skeleton. D) Verrucae skeleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Appendicular skeleton. 16. Commonly called the elbow bone, one of the two bones of your forearm. A) Humerus. B) Ulna. C) Patella. D) Tibia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ulna. 17. What is the name used for the frog to swim? A) Foreleg. B) Hind Leg. C) Webbed Toes. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Webbed Toes. 18. What connective tissues make up your skeletal system? A) Bones, cartilage, ligaments, and blood vessels. B) Brain, heart, lungs, and stomach. C) Head, shoulders, knees, and toes. D) Eyes, ears, mouth, and nose. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bones, cartilage, ligaments, and blood vessels. 19. These are the functions of bone and the skeletal system A) Support, protection, assistance in movement, mineral homeostasis (storage and relase), blood cell production, and triglyceride storage. B) Support, protection, assistance in movement, mineral homeostasis (storage and relase). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Support, protection, assistance in movement, mineral homeostasis (storage and relase), blood cell production, and triglyceride storage. 20. Harry is a cookie monster. His parents have put the biscuits out of reach, on the top shelf. Harry needs to stand on his "tippy toes" to reach the cookie jar. What is the movement of his ankles? A) Plantar Flexion. B) Extension. C) Dorsiflexion. D) Rotation. 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